Quark-Elec QK-W017, Application Note

Page 1: ...cation via the Internet Monitor environmental temperatures using a mobile phone or tablet Output relays can be triggered manually or tied to specific temperature ranges Standard 802 11b g n WiFi easily connected to an existing wireless Access Point Android and iOS APPs Rapid installation and setup Automotive temperature range 40 C to 105 C 0 5 C temperature tolerance 1 to 99 9 humidity range with ...

Page 2: ...se temperature control Home automation Boiler and electrical appliance control Plant maintenance Security systems Farm irrigation PLC and automation systems QK W017 can work with up to five QK S001 Wireless temperature humidity control terminals to monitor and control five physical zones Document history Issue Date Changes comments 1 0 12 03 2017 Initial release ...

Page 3: ...ontents CONTENTS 3 1 SETUP 5 1 1 POWER UP 5 1 2 ACCESSING QK W017 5 1 3 AD HOC MODE 6 1 4 STATION INFRASTRUCTURE MODE 8 1 5 RESETTING QK W017 9 2 CONFIGURING THE CONNECTION 9 2 1 ADD NEW DEVICE 9 2 2 PAIRING WITH T H CONTROL TERMINAL 10 3 OPERATION 11 3 1 CHECKING TERMINALS 11 3 2 SWITCHING RELAYS MANUALLY 12 3 3 TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY DATA LOGGER 13 3 4 RENAME AND REGISTER THE CONTROL TERMINALS 15 ...

Page 4: ...ms requiring temperature and humidity control Operators can check and adjust environmental conditions and control remote equipment heaters lights or machines from anywhere in the world via the Internet and check conditions in real time at the click of an icon Up to five RF sensor terminals measure temperatures and humidity in different zones and QK W017 operates the corresponding relays according ...

Page 5: ...flash green to indicate that they are operating 1 2 Accessing QK W017 Quark elec have released Android and iOS APPs for the QK W017 The operator can use the following link to download the latest version https www quark elec com product qk w017 wireless humidity and temperature sensor The download process is very straight forward just select from the list on the Quark elec Downloads page and follow...

Page 6: ...ls phones tablets etc transmit directly to the controller peer to peer In infrastructure mode mobile terminals communicate through an access point AP such as a router that serves as a bridge to other networks such as the Internet or LAN The QK W017 WiFi controller can support both ad hoc and station modes Setting QK W017 to operate in Ad hoc mode is quite straightforward Power off QK W017 Press an...

Page 7: ...etwork open the APP and click the at the top right of the screen A confirmation message register OK will be shown at the bottom Power off QK W017 and then power it back up this is important QK W017 will now be working in ad hoc mode Figure 4 Checking terminals values Figure 5 Relay control screen The above images show the App operating normally temperature and humidity reported Relays on the No 1 ...

Page 8: ...echargeable is battery flat The operator can now scan the available WiFi networks to find and connect to WiFi168 Once the tablet or the mobile phone is connected to the WiFi168 network open the APP and click the in the top right You will see the message register OK at the bottom Up to this point the setup process is the same as the ad hoc mode setting Make sure that the module is NOT re started af...

Page 9: ... and re open the APP Close the APP and re power QK W017 1 5 Resetting QK W017 The operator can always reset QK W017 if the settings are incorrect or if the working mode needs to be changed Please follow the steps below to restore QK W017 to the factory settings Power off QK W017 Press and hold the Reset button then power up QK W017 After the red LED has been on for at least 3 seconds display keeps...

Page 10: ...ther the operator should pair them before using them Use the following process to pair QK W017 with QK S001 Make sure the APP has paired with the QK W017 Power up the QK S001 After 10 seconds the green light should flash Click the reset button next to the green LED The green LED should be on To register the terminal unit and give it a meaningful name go to Setup Device press the first Register the...

Page 11: ...atically monitor up to five individual zones for temperature and humidity and regulate them according to the relay settings which have been input to control connected appliances All functions can be overridden manually using the APPs without affecting the original settings or the settings can be adjusted so that the appliances can only be operated manually In addition operators can get a real time...

Page 12: ...erator can always manually switch the output relays QK W017 does not allow the disabling of the trigger inputs from the temperature humidity sensors but if this is desired the operator can set the top and bottom temperature humidity limits to be unreachable values which will effectively make the relays manual operation only Figure 10 Switching relays manually ...

Page 13: ...ature humidity values at the sensors by setting the interval times and ticking the boxes at Data log every xx seconds on the Check Terminals page The minimum sample time interval is 5 minutes for the mobile Android iOS application The APP will start to collect the temperature humidity information from the control terminals through the QK W017 This information is shown in the received message field...

Page 14: ... be monitored by clicking their zone location name on the Terminal Check page This will display real time information instantly The data log is downloaded exported to a file on the phone or tablet which can be used shared or transferred easily by accessing the File Explorer and opening the document QK W017 txt as follows Figure 13 opening txt file of data log ...

Page 15: ...ximum value and lower limit minimum value for the controlled zones via the control panel so that the related relay can be triggered on or off once the measured temperature humidity has reached the set point The upper temperature needs to be at least 1 C higher than the bottom temperature to avoid hysteresis issues For the same reason the upper humidity should be at least 3 higher than the bottom v...

Page 16: ...power and the outer and inner diameters of the mains plug are 5 5 mm and 2 1 mm Figure 15 Overview of QK W017 When the QK W017 has been set up correctly the 4 bit digital LED display initially shows the real time When the operator checks the control terminal s status temperature humidity values will be shown instead An external wireless antenna receives and transmits the data between QK W017 and Q...

Page 17: ... S001 QK S001 shares the same enclosure design as QK W017 however it doesn t have an LED display on the front panel There are 2 types of QK S001 available to order 1 QK S001H has a combined temperature and humidity sensor allowing the operator to monitor both temperature and humidity of the environment 2 QK S001T has a temperature only sensor therefore it can only monitor the temperature However i...

Page 18: ...K S001 On the bottom of the QK S001 there is a 3 pin connector for a temperature humidity sensor along with 2 relay connectors The physical difference between the 2 varieties is that the gap between the sensor and the adjacent relay on the QK S001H is 3mm while it is less than 1mm on the QK S001T ...

Page 19: ...om 19 of 22 2015 V1 1 Figure 18 QK S001H connector Figure 19 QK S001T connector 4 3 Enclosure QK W017 has an IP56 Insulation Class 2 plastic enclosure with 102 5 x 72 x 43 5 mm external dimensions excluding the external connectors It is not waterproof ...

Page 20: ...TIONS Item Specification Operating temperature 25 C to 80 C Storage temperature 40 C to 85 C DC supply 12 0V 10 Average supply current typical quiescent 115mA Supply current in busy period data transmission 175mA Temperature sensor working range 40 C to 105 C Temperature sensor tolerance 0 5 C ...

Page 21: ... 85dBm 11Mbps 70dBm 54Mbps Transmit mean output power 17dBm for 802 11b 13dBm for 802 11g 12dBm for 802 11n WiFi antenna Built in module U FL antenna connector Encryption Support for WEP40 64 WEP104 128 WPA PSK WPA2 PSK AES and TKIP 433Mhz transmitting power 1W 433Mhz modulation mode ASK AM RF transmission power 10mW RF emission distance 25 to 50 metres open air conditions Rated current on relay 7...

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